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- the present invention relates to demodulation of radio signals from a transmitter having collocated transmit antennas, and more particularly to distinguishing signals transmitted in a MIMO timeslot from multiple antennas.
- Bursts belonging to a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) system consists of a training sequence and a guard period in addition to the data payload.
- the training sequence may occur at the start of the burst (preamble), middle of the burst (midamble), or end of the burst (post-amble). In general there may be multiple training sequences within a single burst.
- the training sequence used in a mobile radio system is typically a midamble.
- the guard period is placed at the start and/or end of a burst to reduce interference arising from dispersive channels.
- CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
- TS Time Slot
- TD-CDMA Time Division-Code Division Multiple Access
- UTRA TDD Time Division-Code Division Multiple Access
- training sequences may facilitate reception
- the use of training sequences tends to be suboptimal in many communication systems.
- a suboptimal performance tends to be achieved.
- an improved system for generating signals in a MIMO timeslot would be advantageous and in particular a system allowing increased flexibility, reduced complexity and/or improved performance would be advantageous.
- the invention seeks to mitigate, alleviate or eliminate one or more of the abovementioned disadvantages singly or in any combination.
- a method of generating signals in a MIMO timeslot comprising: selecting a first training sequence; preparing a first data payload; generating a first signal including the prepared first data payload and the first training sequence; transmitting the first signal in a MIMO timeslot from a first antenna of a network element; selecting a second training sequence, wherein the second training sequence is different from first training sequence; preparing a second data payload; generating a second signal including the prepared second data payload and the second training sequence; and transmitting the second signal in the MIMO timeslot from a second antenna of the network element.
- Some embodiments of the invention provide a method to uniquely identify which of multiple base station antennas transmits a timeslot burst of data.
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a non-overlapping set of midambles that are allocated to bursts transmitted from each transmitter antenna element. Thus, midambles used on one antenna are not used on other antennas of the base station.
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a common midamble sequence is allocation for all bursts transmitted from a transmitter antenna element simultaneously. While other embodiments of the present invention provide a distinct midamble allocation for each burst transmitted simultaneously.
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a midamble sequence allocation that is fixed for each transmitter antenna element.
- Some embodiments of the present invention allow the number of bursts transmitted from each transmitter antenna to be either partially (i.e. with ambiguity) or fully (i.e. without ambiguity) derived from the midamble sequences allocated to the bursts.
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a set of distinct midamble sequences allocated to bursts transmitted simultaneously that are chosen such that MIMO channels can be estimated accurately and efficiently.
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method of midamble allocation is applied to a UTRA TDD system.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide a for transmitting a first indication of an association between the selected first training sequence and the first antenna.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide a for transmitting a second indication of an association between the selected second training sequence and the second antenna.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide wherein the transmitting the indication includes signalling the indication in a control channel message.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide a for selecting a third training sequence, wherein the third training sequence is different from second training sequence; and preparing a third data payload; wherein the generating of the first signal further includes the prepared third data payload and the third training sequence.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide a for preparing a fourth data payload; wherein the generating of the second signal further includes the prepared fourth data payload and the third training sequence.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide wherein the selecting of the first training sequence includes selecting of the first training sequence based on a total number of data payloads included in the first signal.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide wherein the selecting of the second training sequence includes selecting of the second training sequence based on a total number of data payloads included in the second signal.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide for selecting a first channelization code for the first data payload; wherein the preparing a first data payload includes applying the selected first channelization code; and wherein the selecting of the first training sequence includes selecting of the first training sequence based on the selected first channelization code.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide for determining a burst type; wherein the selecting of the first training sequence is based on the determined burst type.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide wherein the selecting of the first training sequence is based on a total number of transmit antennas NT.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide wherein the first training sequence is a midamble sequence.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide wherein the first training sequence is a preamble sequence.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide wherein the first training sequence is a post-amble sequence.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide wherein the network element is a base station.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide wherein the network element is a mobile terminal.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide wherein: the preparing of the first data payload includes: channelizing the first data payload with a channelization code; and puncturing the channelized first data payload with a first punching scheme; the preparing of the second data payload includes: channelizing the second data payload with the channelization code; and puncturing the channelized second data payload with a second punching scheme, wherein the second punching scheme differs from the first punching scheme; and the second data payload is the same as the first data payload.
- the selecting of the first training sequence includes selecting a first plurality of training sequences; the preparing of the first data payload includes preparing a first plurality of data payloads; the generating the first signal includes generating the first signal including the prepared first plurality of data payload and the first plurality of training sequences; the selecting of the second training sequence includes selecting a second plurality of training sequences, wherein each of the selected training sequences in the second plurality of training sequences is different from each of the selected training sequences in the first plurality of training sequences; the preparing the second data payload includes preparing a second plurality of data payloads; and the generating the second signal includes generating the second signal including the prepared second plurality of data payloads and the second plurality of training sequences.
- a method of processing signals in a MIMO timeslot wherein the MIMO timeslot includes a first burst from a first transmit antenna and a second burst from a second transmit antenna, wherein the first and second bursts each contain one or more data payloads each encoded with a respective code, and wherein each payload corresponds to a midamble
- the method comprising: receiving a signal in the MIMO timeslot; detecting a first midamble in the signal; extracting out a first payload transmitted from the first transmit antenna of a network element based on the detected first midamble; detecting a second midamble in the signal, wherein the second midamble is different from the first midamble; and extracting out a second payload transmitted from the second transmit antenna of the network element based on the detected second midamble.
- Some embodiments of the present invention further provide for: characterizing a first channel formed between the first transmit antenna and the receiver using the detected first midamble; and extracting out a third payload transmitted from the first transmit antenna.
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method of selecting training sequence for a burst, the method comprising: determining a number of transmit antennas of a base station; determining an antenna from the number of transmit antennas to transmit the burst; determining a training sequence length; and selecting a training sequence based on the determined number of transmit antennas, the determined antenna and the determined training sequence length.
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method of selecting training sequence for a burst, the method comprising: determining a number of transmit antennas of a base station; determining an antenna from the number of transmit antennas to transmit the burst; determining a number of payloads to be transmitted in a MIMO timeslot from the determined antenna; and selecting a training sequence based on the determined number of transmit antennas, the determined antenna and the determined number of payloads.
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method of selecting training sequence for a burst, the method comprising: determining a number of transmit antennas of a base station; determining an antenna from the number of transmit antennas to transmit the burst; determining a code to encode a payload; and selecting a training sequence based on the determined number of transmit antennas, the determined antenna and the determined code.
- an apparatus for generating signals in a MIMO timeslot comprising: means for selecting a first training sequence; means for preparing a first data payload; means for generating a first signal including the prepared first data payload and the first training sequence; means for transmitting the first signal in a MIMO timeslot from a first antenna of a network element; means for selecting a second training sequence, wherein the second training sequence is different from first training sequence; means for preparing a second data payload; means for generating a second signal including the prepared second data payload and the second training sequence; and means for transmitting the second signal in the MIMO timeslot from a second antenna of the network element.
- FIG. 1 shows an example of a MIMO system including a base station with two transmit antennas and a mobile terminal with two receive antennas.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a transmission of a disjoint set of midamble sequences, in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a transmission of fixed midambles, in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a transmission of a common midamble, in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a transmission of a default midamble, in accordance with the present invention.
- a procedure, computer executed step, logic block, process, etc. are here conceived to be a self-consistent sequence of steps or instructions leading to a desired result.
- the steps are those utilizing physical manipulations of physical quantities. These quantities can take the form of electrical, magnetic, or radio signals capable of being stored, transferred, combined, compared, and otherwise manipulated in a computer system. These signals may be referred to at times as bits, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers, or the like.
- Each step may be performed by hardware, software, firmware, or combinations thereof.
- a midamble is a sequence having special numeric properties, which are either known to or may be derived by a receiver.
- a receiver may be able to estimate a channel that a burst passes through using its knowledge of what was transmitted as the training sequence segment of the burst. The data payload may be detected and demodulated reliably based on the knowledge of the channel.
- a training sequence placed at other locations of a burst are also applicable. For example, the training sequence may be placed at the beginning of the burst (preamble) or at the end of the burst (post-amble).
- a training sequence such as a midamble, may also be used to carry information that assists a receiver in detecting and demodulating data payload.
- a CDMA-receiver may provide improved performance when it has knowledge of active channelization codes used in a burst.
- the receiver is able to implement Multi-User Detection (MUD) with a list of active channelization codes derived from midambles detected in a timeslot.
- MOD Multi-User Detection
- MIMO transmissions schemes employ multiple antenna elements at a transmitter and at a receiver to improve spectral efficiency.
- the receiver estimates each channel between each transmitter-receiver antenna element pair.
- a channel in a system with a transmitter having multiple transmit antennas and a receiver having multiple receive antennas may be referred to as a MIMO channel.
- Each burst is transmitted from a single transmit antenna of a transmitter having multiple transmit antennas.
- Antenna elements are physically spaced such that the MIMO channels are sufficiently uncorrelated.
- transmit antennas may be spaced by at least one-half of a wavelength.
- An example of a MIMO system may be a system consisting of a single base station having two transmit antennas and a mobile terminal that has two receive antennas.
- FIG. 1 shows a single base station 100 that has two antennas labeled antenna NB 1 and antenna NB 2 and a mobile terminal 110 that has two antennas labeled antenna UE 1 and antenna UE 2 .
- This transmitter-receiver system has four MIMO channels.
- Channel 1 - 1 exists between antenna NB 1 and antenna UE 1 .
- Channel 1 - 2 exists between antenna NB 1 and antenna UE 2 .
- Channel 2 - 1 exists between antenna NB 2 and antenna UE 1 .
- Channel 2 - 2 exists between antenna NB 2 and antenna UE 2 .
- an actual MIMO system includes multiple base stations servicing a number of mobile terminals. Therefore, multiple MIMO channels will exist among antenna elements of these multiple network elements.
- Diversity gain may be obtained when two or more bursts carrying the same information are transmitted from different transmitter antenna elements; a receiver may be able to combine replicas of the same information that have passed through different channels.
- N T and N R denote a number of transmit and receive antennas respectively.
- MIMO transmissions it may be possible to transmit multiple bursts having a common channelization code where each burst is transmitted from a different transmit antenna.
- a base station 100 may transmit a burst containing payload data X using channelization code n from antenna NB 1 , which is received by antennas UE 1 and UE 2 .
- Base station 100 may simultaneously transmit a burst containing data Y using the same channelization code n from antenna NB 2 , which is received by antennas UE 1 and UE 2 .
- a mobile terminal 110 may decode both transmissions from antennas NB 1 and NB 2 and decode both data X and data Y.
- a MIMO system may transmit different versions of the same data X from antennas NB 1 and NB 2 .
- antennas NB 1 and NB 2 may transmit differently punctured versions X 1 and X 2 of the data X. Consequently, a transmitter and a receiver may communicate up to min(N T , N R ) times more bursts within a MIMO timeslot as compared to a single-antenna (non-MIMO) transmitter-receiver pair.
- a maximum number of midambles that can be transmitted in a timeslot is equal to a maximum number of channelization codes that are to be transmitted in the timeslot. This allows a channel estimate to be derived at the receiver for each channelization code.
- 3GPP 3 rd Generation Partnership Project
- 3GPP TS 25.221 titled “Physical channels and mapping of transport channels onto physical channels (TDD)”, hereinafter 3GPP TS 25.221.
- Midamble allocation schemes are also described in corresponding patent application filed on May 4, 2004, (U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/838,983) and titled “Signalling MIMO Allocations”, which is incorporated herein by reference.
- Some midamble allocation schemes provide a one-to-one relationship between bursts in a timeslot and their corresponding channelization codes.
- a mapping of a midamble sequence to a burst may be done through a mapping of burst channelization codes. That is, each midamble sequence is paired with a single channelization code. Similarly, each channelization code is paired with a single midamble sequence.
- This one-to-one midamble allocation scheme is not applicable for general MIMO transmissions where a common channelization code is used in two or more bursts in a MEMO timeslot.
- Known schemes require a channelization code to be assigned a distinct midamble sequence such that a receiver is able to estimate the MIMO channel.
- a MIMO receiver (mobile terminal 110 ) needs to be able to derive the MIMO channel for channelization code n at antenna UE 1 for both Channel 1 - 1 and Channel 2 - 1 .
- Estimates for these two channels cannot be derived from a single midamble sequence. That is, if both bursts include the same midamble, a MIMO receiver is unable to distinguish the bursts and estimate the channels.
- a common midamble allocation scheme applied to a single channel (non-MIMO) system allows a single midamble sequence to be is transmitted for all bursts from a base station antenna to a mobile terminal antenna. The mobile terminal is able to derive a channel estimate for the single channel.
- This common midamble allocation scheme is not applicable to MIMO systems since a single receiver antenna will be unable to derive channel estimates for channels created by multiple transmit antennas. Hence, a new midamble allocation scheme is desired for MIMO transmission systems.
- bursts may be allocated a midamble sequence such that a receiver may be able to estimate a channel formed between a transmitter-receiver antenna pair in a MIMO system.
- at least one burst transmitted from each transmit antenna is allocated a midamble sequence that is not allocated to bursts transmitted from other antenna elements.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a transmission of a disjoint set of midamble sequences, in accordance with the present invention.
- a base station 200 has two transmit antennas: antenna NB 1 and antenna NB 2 .
- Base station 200 transmits midambles M 1 and M 2 from antenna NB 1 .
- Base station 200 also transmits midambles M 2 and M 3 from antenna NB 2 .
- Midamble M 1 is not transmitted from antenna NB 2 but is transmitted from antenna NB 1 .
- midamble M 3 is not transmitted from antenna NB 1 but is transmitted from antenna NB 2 .
- midamble M 2 is transmitted from both antenna NB 1 and antenna NB 2 .
- midamble codes may be reused in a MIMO timeslot on different antennas. If a transmitter transmits a first signal from a first antenna NB 1 with midambles M 1 and M 2 (as shown in FIG. 2 ) and a second signal from a second antenna NB 2 with midambles M 3 and M 2 , midamble M 2 is reused.
- a receiver may use a channel characterized by midamble M 1 to retrieve payload data associated with both midambles M 1 and M 2 from the first antenna NB 1 .
- the receiver may use a channel characterized by midamble M 3 to retrieve payload data associated with both midambles M 3 and M 2 from the second antenna NB 2 .
- a mapping of midambles to transmitter antenna elements is signaled implicitly or explicitly to the receiver.
- a receiver may derive a mapping implicitly through the combination of distinct midambles it detects simultaneously.
- a mapping may be signaled to the receiver explicitly through control channels.
- a receiver estimates MIMO channels corresponding to each transmit-receive antenna pair.
- a receiver may consider all distinct midamble sequences transmitted simultaneously.
- a unique midamble sequence is allocated to a set of bursts of a timeslot transmitted from a transmit antenna. That is, a midamble sequence m [i] allocated to a set of bursts transmitted simultaneously from an i-th transmitter antenna element is chosen from a set of midamble sequences M i such that the sets M 1 , M 2 . . . M N T are non-overlapping. In these embodiments, no midamble sequence in set M i is equal to a midamble in set M j for i ⁇ j.
- a fixed midamble sequence m [i] is assigned to all bursts transmitted from a transmit antenna during a timeslot.
- the midamble shifts are enumerated as per Clause 5A.2.3 of 3GPP TS 25.212.
- FIG. 3 show a first midamble allocation scheme.
- a midamble is selected based on a total number of transmit antennas (N T ) and based on which antenna the burst, containing the midamble, will be transmitted.
- the i-th antenna element uses the midamble sequence m [i] , which may be selected from a group of midamble sequences m (k) , where k is an index to the possible midamble sequences.
- Some embodiments of the present invention use a fixed allocation of midambles where each transmit antenna element of a transmitter is assigned a different midamble.
- FIG. 3 illustrates transmission of fixed midambles in accordance with the present invention.
- base station 300 has two MIMO transmit antennas: antenna NB 1 and antenna NB 2 .
- FIG. 3 shows a first group of payloads being transmitted with a common midamble m (1) on a first antenna NB 1 .
- Each of the payloads may be encoded with a channelization code.
- a second antenna NB 2 is used to transmit different payloads.
- the different payloads have a common midamble m (3)
- Channelization codes used to encode the payloads on NB 1 may all be the same, partially the overlapping or all different than the codes used to encode the payloads on NB 2 .
- a common midamble sequence m [i] is allocated to all bursts transmitted from the i-th antenna element and may be chosen from the set M i based on a number of bursts transmitted from the transmit antenna.
- a set of bursts transmitted simultaneously from a transmit antenna are allocated a midamble sequence that is determined by the size of the set of data payloads.
- FIG. 4 show a second midamble allocation scheme.
- a midamble is selected based on a total number of transmit antennas (N T ) and a number of bursts (n i ) that the timeslot will carry for a transmit antenna element.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a transmission of a common midamble in accordance with the present invention.
- a MIMO base station 400 has two transmit antennas.
- base station 400 transmits payload data using two codes from antenna NB 1 and thus applies midamble m (2) for a transmission from antenna NB 1 as realized from TABLE 2 above.
- Base station 400 also transmits payload data using four codes from antenna NB 2 and thus applies midamble m (12) for the transmission from antenna NB 2 .
- the mobile terminal When the mobile terminal receives midamble m (2) , it deduces that either two or ten codes are being transmitted from antenna NB 1 . The mobile terminal then performs further signal processing to derive an actual number of codes transmitted from antenna NB 1 . In this example, further signal processing by the mobile terminal should show that two codes were transmitted.
- the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal receives midamble m (12) , it deduces that either four or twelve codes are being transmitted from antenna NB 2 . The mobile terminal then performs further signal processing to derive the actual number of codes transmitted from antenna NB 2 . In this case four codes were transmitted.
- a midamble sequence used to signal a given number of codes as active on antenna NB 1 is distinct from any of the midamble sequences that are transmitted from antenna NB 2 and vice versa.
- a midamble allocated to a burst may be determined based on its corresponding channelization code and the transmit antenna from which it is transmitted.
- Each burst is allocated a midamble sequence that is determined by which transmit antenna transmits the bursts and by its channelization code.
- FIG. 5 show a third midamble allocation scheme.
- a midamble is selected based on a total number of transmit antennas (N T ), in which antenna the burst, containing the midamble, will be transmitted and based on which channelization codes are included with the midamble in the burst.
- the list of codes is represented by c 16 (i-th) , which indicates that the i-th code from a list of codes is selected where the list contains 16 items.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a transmission of a default midamble in accordance with the present invention.
- a MIMO base station 500 has two transmit antennas.
- base station 500 transmits codes c 16 (3) and c 16 (4) from antenna NB 1 and thus applies midamble m (2) for the transmission from antenna NB 1 as may be realized from TABLE 3 above.
- Base station 500 also transmits codes c 16 (1) and c 16 (6) from antenna NB 2 and thus base station 500 applies midambles m (9) and m (11) for the burst associated to codes c 13 (1) and c 16 (6) , respectively.
- a mobile terminal When a mobile terminal receives midamble m (2) , it deduces that either c 16 (3) or c 16 (4) or both c 16 (3) and c 16 (4) are being transmitted from antenna NB 1 . Similarly, when the mobile terminal receives midamble m (9) , it deduces that either c 16 (1) or c 16 (2) or both c 16 (1) and c 16 (2) are being transmitted from antenna NB 2 . Furthermore, when the mobile terminal receives midamble m (11) , it deduces that either c 16 (5) or c 16 (6) or both c 16 (5) and c 16 (6) are being transmitted from antenna NB 2 .
- Some embodiments of the invention allow a receiver to estimate each MIMO channel between a transmitter-receiver antenna pair. Additionally, higher spectral efficiency of a network air interface is realized through a use of MIMO transmission techniques that achieve diversity, spatial multiplexing or a combination of both; and higher peak throughput over the network air interface through the use MIMO transmission techniques that achieve spatial multiplexing. This results in increased average throughput, increased number of users and lower transmission power per user.
- Using a fixed or common midamble allocation scheme also allows channel estimation to be performed more accurately as a minimum number of distinct midambles is transmitted simultaneously. These schemes also reduce interference. Consequently, a performance and capacity of the network are improved further. Furthermore, these schemes may lower complexity of a mobile terminal. If bursts transmitted from the same transmit antenna are allocated a common midamble, the processing and memory requirements for channel estimation is reduced.
- Midamble sequences may be allocated to bursts such that a receiver is able to estimate a channel formed between each transmit-receiver antenna pair. At least one burst transmitted from a particular antenna element may be allocated a midamble sequence that is not allocated to bursts transmitted from other transmitter antenna elements.
- Processing prior to using a MUD may be used to determine which codes are transmitted in a burst or group of bursts in a timeslot or a MIMO timeslot.
- Signal processing such as a matched filter, may be used to determine which codes are transmitted in a burst. Some methods inhere may be used to narrow down a list of possible codes transmitted.
- a receiver may combine channel estimates from multiple channel estimates. For example, a receiver may determine a channel estimate based on a first midamble. A second midamble in the same timeslot from the same antenna may act as interferences during this channel estimate. Similarly, the receiver may determine a channel estimate based on the second midamble. The receiver may combine the results to form an improved channel estimate.
- Channel estimates may be used to scale received signals from more than one antenna.
- a receiver may use a structure that is enhanced when signal powers are properly scaled. For example, a signal with 16 coded payloads from a first antenna may be scaled to a high amount than a second signal having a single coded payload from a second antenna received during the same MIMO timeslot.
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TABLE 1 |
Example of Fixed Midamble Allocation for MIMO Transmissions |
Burst types |
| Burst Type | 2 | |
number of | Lm = 256, Kcell = 6 | Lm = 512, Kcell = 4, 8, 16 | |
Antenna | m[i]: k-th midamble m(k) is assigned | m[i]: k-th midamble m(k) is assigned to | |
Elements | bursts from antenna element i, where i = 1 | burst from antenna element i, where i = 1 | |
NT | to NT | to NT | |
2 | m[1] = m(1) | m[2] = m(3) | m[1] = m(1) | m[2] = m(5) |
4 | m[1] = m(1) | m[2] = m(3) | m[3] = m(2) | m[4] = m(4) | m[1] = m(1) | m[2] = m(5) | m[3] = m(3) | m[4] = m(7) |
TABLE 2 |
Example of Common Midamble Allocation for MIMO Transmissions |
Total number | ||
of Antenna | m[i] | |
Elements | ni: Number of bursts | m[i]: k-th midamble m(k) assigned to antenna element |
NT | on antenna element i | i, where i = 1 to NT |
4 | n1,2,3,4 = 1, 5, 9 or 13 | m[1] = m(1) | m[2] = m(5) | m[3] = m(9) | m[4] = m(13) |
n1,2,3,4 = 2, 6, 10 or 14 | m[1] = m(2) | m[2] = m(6) | m[3] = m(10) | m[4] = m(14) | |
n1,2,3,4 = 3, 7, 11 or 15 | m[1] = m(3) | m[2] = m(7) | m[3] = m(11) | m[4] = m(15) | |
n1,2,3,4 = 4, 8, 12 or 16 | m[1] = m(4) | m[2] = m(8) | m[3] = m(12) | m[4] = m(16) |
2 | n1,2 = 1 or 9 | m[1] = m(1) | m[2] = m(9) |
n1,2 = 2 or 10 | m[1] = m(2) | m[2] = m(10) | |
n1,2 = 3 or 11 | m[1] = m(3) | m[2] = m(11) | |
n1,2 = 4 or 12 | m[1] = m(4) | m[2] = m(12) | |
n1,2 = 5 or 13 | m[1] = m(5) | m[2] = m(13) | |
n1,2 = 6 or 14 | m[1] = m(6) | m[2] = m(14) | |
n1,2 = 7 or 15 | m[1] = m(7) | m[2] = m(15) | |
n1,2 = 8 or 16 | m[1] = m(8) | m[2] = m(16) | |
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2 | c16 (1) or c16 (2) | m(1) | m(9) | ||
c16 (3) or c16 (4) | m(2) | m(10) | |||
c16 (5) or c16 (6) | m(3) | m(11) | |||
c16 (7) or c16 (8) | m(4) | m(12) | |||
c16 (9) or c16 (10) | m(5) | m(13) | |||
c16 (11) or c16 (12) | m(6) | m(14) | |||
c16 (13) or c16 (14) | m(7) | m(15) | |||
c16 (15) or c16 (16) | m(8) | m(16) | |||
4 | c16 (1) , c16 (2) , c16 (3) or c16 (4) | m(1) | m(9) | m(2) | m(10) |
c16 (5) , c16 (6) , c16 (7) or c16 (8) | m(3) | m(11) | m(4) | m(12) | |
c16 (9) , c16 (10) , c16 (11) or c16 (12) | m(5) | m(13) | m(6) | m(14) | |
c16 (13) or c16 (14) , c16 (15) or c16 (16) | m(7) | m(15) | m(8) | m(16) | |
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